Safety-valve.



` W. E. JERAULD.

SAFETY VALVE.

APPLIGATION FILED APB. 21, 1911.

Pantea July 16, 1912.

2 SHBBTS-SHEET l.

" Ma??? @www W. E. JERAULD.

SAFETY VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2l, 1911. 4 l ,032.482, Patented July 16, 1912.

2 SHEETS'SHEBT 2,

Ni r@ b.

J' .w w m N N3 k w h@ s w "i @E N D w E w @s N5 mw s@ m N S s@ m N M Rw' iw M665. l/Q5@ M25.' art/59%,

entran 'STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILEIAM E. JERAULE, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN STEAM GAUGE & VALVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORBQERATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

SAFETYVALVE.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Patented July 16,1912.

Application filed April 21,1911. Serial No. 622,545.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM E. JERAULD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Valves, of which't-he following is'a specification.

vThe present invention relates to safety I valves of the pop type and has for its object,

first, to produce a valve of this nature havstrengthen and reduce the cost of production of the valve, producing a safety valve having a pop valve proper in combination with va mufiier and having capability of complete and accurate regulation, with the `fewest possible number of parts.

`Inthe accompanying drawings,4 I have illustrated a safety valve embodying the principles of my invention in the preferred manner and foi-1n.

In these drawings,- Figure 1 is a vertical axial section of the valve. Fig. 2 is a parj tial external elevation of the valve and a partial elevation of the internal parts of the valve. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sectionalviewsof modified forms of the valve.

The same vreference characters indicate the same or snnilarparts in all. the views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents abase having a threaded end adapted to be screwed upon a pipe or .nipple extending from a steam boiler, andhaving the ends of the spring being directly en.

also a valve seat :2. y'

" 3 is' a'valve proper having a seatingface so' shaped as to make an accurate fit against the valve seat- 2.- I

4 is aspring for forcing the'valve against the seat, and 5 is a screw for taking the reaction of the spring and adjusting its force,

gaged with the usual disks `formedand arranged to have-a central bearing .on the valve and screw respectively.

6 is an inner casing which spring and is formed with a circular lip 6 for guiding the valve.

'T is an outer casing which is threaded adjustably upon the tubular neck 8 of the inner casing '6, the adjusting screw 5 being threaded in the interiorof this neck.-

10 is a lock nut which; is threaded looselyT upon the screw 5 and engagesl the end of the outer casing 7 or-a vhub 7 thereon.

The valve proper 3 is provided with wings 11 in the central passage of the base, and an annular flange-12 fitting within the lip 6a of the inner casing by vwhich it is guided and caused to seat properly. A lip 13 is .formed `on the periphery cf the valve proper outside of the seating face in the under side of which 1s a groove 14 which constitutes' a huddling chamber. In the top of the base is a recess which receives the lip 13, and is surrounded by a flange 15. The bottoni of this recess forms the upper surface of the base adjacent to the valve seat, and the bottom of the huddling chamber.v The outer boundary or wall of the recess is a conical surrounds the 4 surface 16 which is concentric with the outer face of the lipl but is so far outside of the 4latter that it is not touched thereby even when the valve is wholly closed. The outer face of thelip is beveled on an angle equal to that of the welll- 6, and thus an annular space of uniform width is left betweenA the outer face of the lip andthe wall. This space is widened when the valve is opened and-through it escapes so much of the steam passing the valve as does not escape through other channels presently to be described. It does not, however, open so widely or rapidly as the opening between `the valve seat 2 .andV valve on account of the fact that it is made on a steeper or morev abruptinclination than the bevel of the valve seat. As appears from the drawing, the valve seat and the complemental face of the valve are beveled on an angle of about 450 with the horizontal, while the surface l 16 and the parallel face of' the lip are atan angle of about- 55o with the horizontal;that is, with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the valve. and wall 16 make a smaller angle with the ln other words, the lip bevel aXis of the valve, or the line in which the valve proper moves in opening and closing, than does the valve seat 2. Thus the valve lip does not separate so rapidly'from the 5 surface 16 as the valve face does from the seat 2 when the valve is lifted, and consequently suflicient resistance -to the escape of steam is afforded'y to giveA the valve a relatively high liftwhenever it opens. The angles `which I havenamed are given by way of illustration and areV not the,` only angles possible. It is possible indeed to vary the inclination of the valve seat 2 through very wide limits, even to theextent of making the seat practically flat, and the inclination of thesurface 16 and yl`ip, bevel may also be varied. It. is necessary,xhow ever,'that the surface 16 andthe parallel surface'onthe valve lip .should be neither vertical-thatis, parallel to the axis of the valve-nor on the same inclination as the valve seat, but should *be between these limits, `being somewhat steeperv than the valve seat so that the outer escape space is less rapidly opened than the valve. The

permanent opening between the valve lip and face 16 is provided to permit escape of steam from the huddling chamber when the valve is fully seated 'so as'to allow the valve to seat firmly and quickly. j 'Leading through a part of the base from lthe Vhuddling chamber 14 are passages 17 which .open into a chamber 18 which I call the pop chamber. This chamber is lformed by an annular groove in the' base between the flange 15 above noted and another flange 19,- which provides the top, bottom, and inner walls, while the outer wall is formed by a sleeve v2.0 scrfwed upon the base 4 and connected by arms 21 with the inner casing 6. In the sleeve 20` are outlets 22 through which the steam may escape, and from which it flows into an annular space 28 between the sleeve. 2Q and outer casing 7. On the lower end of the outer casing is a lip 24 which tits closely' around the sleeve 2O just below the outlets 22 and maybe raised or lowered by the screw adjustment 'of the outer casing previously mentioned to'cover the outlets 22 whollyor in part. By means of this adjustment, the effective area of the outlets and the amount of steam which escapes through the passages 17 from the huddling chamber may be regulated. Thus the blowback of the valve, or, in other words,

the fall of pressure which must occur before the valve, after being .once opened, will close, is regulated.. If the outlets 22 are en-` tirely closed so that no steam can escape so throughthe passages 17, the valve, of course,

will not close until the boiler pressure has fallen to that extent that the pressure on the under side of the valve and Vlip is less than the pressureof the spring. On the other hand, if the outlets are opened to their full extent, the escape ofA steam through the passages 17 may bei so rapid as to allow the valve to close again upon a very small drop in oressure. From experiments, I A have vfoun that with a boiler pressure of 150er 200 pounds I am able to regulate the blow-back -so accurately that the valve Vwill close when the drop in pressure is less than a pound. The volume of the pop A chamber 18 is greater than the combined 75 volumes of all the passages 17 so that the steam, in issuing from these passages, is able to expand. This is a valuable feature,

as it enables the How through the passages 17 to be uniform and steady and thereby 8b causes the valve also to be steady, preventing Vit from fluttering and pounding.

The ordinary range of adjustmentV for blowback is between two and five pounds, that is, `it is very seldom that the valve is allowed to close before the 'pressure has dropped less than two pounds, or is held open after the pressure has dropped more than ve pounds. Within these limits the capacity of the valve, by which I mean 'the 90 rate of flow or discharge1 of steam in pounds per hou-r, is practicallyunifo-rm. This is due to the fact that the,wall or flange surrounding the valve is not changed when adjustinents tovary the amount of blowback 95 are made. In making these adjustments the wall or liange which surrounds the lip of the valve always remains in the same posi'-l tion, the blowback being regulated by raisf'; ing or lowering of the lip 24: on the outer casing. In this respect my patentydiifers j from the majority of adjustable' safety" valves wherein the blowback is regulated-by raising orlowering'arelief ring surround-. ing. the lip of the valve.,v Thus whether the blowback isl great or small (within substantially the limits above mentioned), the'lift` of the valve is practically uniform and the'. opening around the lip of the valve through l whichthe lsteam may escape is practically the same under all conditions or blowbacK within these limits. In this respect the improved valve constitutes a great advance in the part, because it insures rapid release of pressure and allows the`valve to seat '115 quickly'and tightly when the pressure has been released. This is especially important when the blowback is low, since it causes the valve to be closed tightly except when the pressure is above'the'point at which the valve is set -to pop and thusovercomes the objectionable. featureV found in. some valves 'of a continual although slight vescape of steam when the pressure is kept near the'- pop point.

125 Between the inner and outer casings is a muffler 25 having certain novelties ofj form and construction which increase its efliciency and lower its cost. It is` preferably in the form of an invertedcone consisting of paral- 130 of the base,

lel rings and .connecting ribs. Its lower end is screw threaded and -is secured to the inner casing while its upper end fits closely in the interior of the o-uter casing. C0nveniently it is made in the first place as a conical casting formed with longitudinal in-i, ternal ribs 25, and subsequently parallel grooves are cut in its external face to form the rings 25b which are entirely separated from eachl other except for their connection with the ribs 25a'. The steam, in owing to the outlets 26 in the top of the outer casing, is obliged to pass the muler and is obstructed by the rings 25h, whereby the noise of the escaping steam is softened.

One of the valuable features of the safety valve is its extreme simplicity and its small number of parts. It will be seen that the spring casing 6 and sleeve 2,0 are made in one piece, being supported 'by thethreaded engagement of the sleeve with the fiange 15. .and 'that .this one piece thus serves both as the-confining case for the spring, the upper guide 'for the valve, and the outerl wall of the pop chamber 18. The outer casing serves the combined purpose of a mufiier dome and an adjuster for the relief out-lets. As an adjuster, itslmanipulation is extremely simple, ksince `it 1s mounted directly upon the top vof theinner casing and need only be turned around the 'same to raise or lower its lip 24E. Also there is nothing to 'prevent access to the screw 5, but the same may .be readily yt-urned to adjust the valve spring. Finally` the same locking `nut l10 secures the screw and casing-in any adjustment.

The valve above described is of the kind known as the closed or mufiied type of valve, in which the. steam passes first into the space inclosed between. the inner casing andn the outer or muffler casing before escaping tov the atmosphere. In Figs. v3 and 4 I have illustrated two forms of open valve fromY which the steam escapes directly into the atmosphere without passing through a muffler. Most of the principles of these other lforms of valve are the same as hereinbefore described, the only exception being in the details of construction which constitute a feature of t-he form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the form of valve shownvin Fig. 3 the base, inner casing, valve proper, spring, ad# justing screwA and sleeve 20 are-practically the same as shown in Fig. 1 with slight modifications presently to be described.` In particularl the arrangement of Athe, valve with its seating face and beveled lip, and the valve seat with the fiange surrounding the beveled valve lip are identically the same. That is the bevel of the lip and the encircling wall are steeper than the bevel of the valve seat, while the ring surrounding the Alip is not adjustable.r The main diderence consists in the fact that the muffier and muffler casing are eliminated, and that instead of the latter a deep ring 71 is provided for adjusting the'blowback of the valve. Th`s ring has its adjustable connection with the sleeve 20, which as previously described, is integrally united with the inner casing by arms 21,.by means of intermeshing` screw threads on the exterior of the4 sleeve and interior of the ring, below the outlets 22. `The ring above its threaded connection with the sleeve is enough larger than the latter to provide an annular space 23 through which the steam may pass.' The :object of extending the .ring above the outlets is to prevent the steam from blowing out through the outlets in all directions and changing the direction of its flow into parallelism with the axis of the valve. There is also a slight modification inthe guiding engagment betweentlie valve and the inner casing in that the flange 124of ,the valve isv outside .insteadv of inside of the` lip 6a of the` inner casing. The exterior of this flange also is tapered to the largest diameter of the valve lip. The object of this last described change of construction is to vdiminish the area of the valve upon which the back pressurepf the outiowing steam can act.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 the mufller is eliminated and the outer casing changed in construction to a shell 7 2- closely surrounding the inner casing 6 andv a' shell 73 of larger diameter surrounding the sleeve 20.

The shell and sleeve are connected by a few arms 7 4 between which are large spaces permitting free escape of all lofthe steam whichpasses the valve proper. The ring 78 is thesame in form as the lower part of the mufiier casing 7' shown in Fig. l, and has a lip 24 surrounding the base of the sleeve 20 and regulating theoutlets 22. The shell. f? 2 has a bearing at on the inner casing and is adjustably screw threaded on the neck 8 thereof. In this formalsothe valve'proper is the same as in 'Fig. 3 and is therefore the saine in principle as that shown in Fig. 1. The only material difference between Figs. 1v and 4 is that-the valve shown in Fig. l is a muffled valve and that shown in Fig. 4t is an open valve. The relative arrangement of thelip 6?. and valve flange may be the same in all theformsas shown in Figs.` 3 and Il, or as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim 1. In Va safety valve, the combination .with a base having a passage and a valve seat, a valve proper coperating with said seat and having a peripheral lip recessed -to form a huddling chamber outside of the valve seat, provisions for conducting steam from the an external orifice, andrexternal means mov-` able transversely of said orifice for wholly or partiallyV closing-the latter to an lexactly regulated extent.

loo

huddling chamber, said provisions including' l 2. In a safety valve, the combination with a base having a passage anda valveseat., a

valve' proper having a lip inclosing a huddling chamber;v said base i being provided with relief outlets leading vfrom said huddlin'gvchamber, vand an yadjustable sleeve surrounding the' base' and movable transversely of the outlets. y

3: In a safety 'valve,1'a. base having a-steam passage, a valve seat Surrounding such passage, an annular chamber, relief channels base having a seat-ing face anda lla-ring or conical walll surrounding such seating`face, anda valve proper formedto seat-against such face and.v having an outer lip withinv said wall forming a' huddling chamber, the

' outer face of the lip being parallel to the 'wall land separat-ed therefrom and from the 5 said base when the valve yis closed,and the inclination of the wall and lip face being intermediate that rof the `.valve `seat and the axis,said base also. having a pop chamber into which steam from "the huddling chambervis conducted and wherein' the vsteam may expand, saidl 'pop chamber having a restricted external outlet. i I

' 5.*-In'a safety valve, the Vcombination of a base having a seating face, a Valve proper 'formed tocoperatezwith said face, 'a d having-,jan external lip, the base havinga conical'.wall surrounding said lipandniaking a smaller angle than lthe valve seat` with the axis of the valve, and the face 'of 'the jlip i next to the wall being parallel thereto and.

separated therefromy at all times, and the base containing also a pop chamber having vinlets leading .through 'the base from the surhaving outlets of greater area .than the inface over which the valve lip' extends, and

lets, whereby stealnmay expand in the pop chamber, and bmeans for regulating the ef- ...fe'ctive area of such outlets.

. with'a valve seatbetween said conical wall :6. In a safety valve, a base having asteam passage, thetop face of said base being-also provided with 'a recess vsurrounding' said passage and having an outer conical wall' lyv ing at an acute angle to the axis ofthe steam passage, said base being further provided fand said passage, the angle ofsaid valve seat with respect to the axis of the steam passage being greater than the angle of said- 5 conical wall,and a valve formed toicoperseated.

7. A pop safety valve, comprising a base, an inner casing secured to the base, a valve ate with saidse-at and having a lip arranged to lie in said recess, said lip having an exterior wall parallel with said conical wall and separated from the base when the vali/eg proper having a lip, a spring tending to seat said valve, a screw adjustably threaded into the end of the casing for regulating the pressure of the spring, relief outlets through the base from the valve lip, an outer shell adjustably threaded on the inner casing and havinga portion closely fitting the exterior ofthe base arranged adjacent to the outlets 8O and adapted to vary the effectivearea thereof, and a lock nut threaded on the screw and engaging the outer shell, thereby to lock both the screw and the outer shell in their adjustments. 8. A safety valve, comprising a base having a passage and a valve seat, a valve l proper adapted to coperate with said seat and having an outer lip, the base having an annular chamber in its outer sideand 1pas- 90 sages leading to such chamber from the space within said lip, asleeve threaded* on the base outside of the chamber, forming the outer wall thereof and having outlets, an inner casing connected to said sleeve and 95 formed on its outer end with a hub or nipple threaded both internally and externally, a spring contained in said vinner casing, a screw threaded in the hub thereof and bearing on the spring, anoutercasing meshing adjustably with the "external threads of said hub with its lower end closely surrounding said sleeve adjacent to the outlets, and a lock nut threaded upon the screw vandengaging the outer casing.

9. In a safety valve having a base formed with a passage and al valve seat, and a valve proper adapted to coact with said seat, a means of compelling arelatively high unifoI'In liftl of the valve when it opens, con- 110' 'sisting in providing the valve proper wit-h a lip having its outer face beveled on a steeperl slant, with respect to the direction of lift of the valve, than the valve seat, and providing the base with a wall surrounding the lip and parallel with the beveledface thereof, said lip being separated. from said base when the valve is seated.

5 10. A safety valve including a base having a passage and a valve seat, a valve lproper' coperat-ing with said seat and adapted to open and close the passage, and provisions for regulating the blow backof the valve while maintaining its capacity uniform' within ordinary working limits, 125 comprising an inclosed chamber having an inlet extending through said base and located outside'o'f and near the valve seat and an external outlet of greater area than the inlet, a lip on the valve overlying thel said im inlet, a fixed wall rising from the base closely surrounding the lip, and a regulator independent ef said valve and said Wall for adjusting the effective area of the pop channber outlet.

11. A sa tety valve, comprising a base havl.

ing' a passage and a valve seat, a valve proper adaptedA to coperate With said seat and having an outer lip, the'base having a chamber with-outlets in its outer side and inlets leading from the space Within said lip7 a sleeve threaded on the base, an inner'oasing connected to said sleeve, and an outeroasing threaded on a part of said inner eas-k ing, whereby it may be adjusted axially of the-valve, and having a lip closely` surround- 'ing the base adjacent tothe said 'chamber outlets and adapted by such adjustment of the Casing` to close such outlets to a greater or less extent.

12. A safety valve, comprising a base having a passage and a valve n seat, a valve proper adapted to coperate With said seat and having an outer lip, the base having a chamber with outlets in its outer side1 and inlets leading* from the space Within said lip, an inner casing Lsecured to the' base, and an outer casingl threaded adjustably upon a part of the inner casing and extendinglielow said chamber outlets, whereby the discharge from thelatter oeours Wit-hin the outer casing said casing having a lip-closely fitting the external chamber Wall below the outlets and adapted by adjustment of the casing to close the said outlets to a greater or `less extent.

In `testimony whereof I have aixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

lWILLIAM E. JERAULD. Witnesses:

' C. F. BROWN,

P. W. l3EzzE'r'rr- 

